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Year 3 – Monday 20th April

Good Morning Year 3

We hope you have had a fabulous weekend and are raring to go again with your home learning. Thank you for sending your lego Easter pictures for our competition, it was very tricky to judge so we have chosen three winners. Well done Bethany, Benjamin and Neve. We will give you your prizes soon.  
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We are excited today to introduce our new project ‘Nurturing Nature’ where we will be learning about plants and our local area.  

A few reminders about how our posts work:
– Each day we will set some activities. 
– There is absolutely no expectation that you get all of these activities completed each day.
– We want you to do as much as you can working through at your own pace.
– Try your best and if you are struggling, email us or leave it to one side and try again another time. 

Year 3 Team 

  

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Helpful Reminders

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Don’t forget you can email us on year3@stmarksce.org.uk. We would love to hear from you if: 
1. You have a question
2. Need a password
3. Need some help
4. Send us your work
5. Or even just say hello!
Please get your grown up’s permission before you email us. We look forward to hearing from you. We will reply ASAP but it may not be the same day!

Presentation – Please remember to do your very best work. Handwriting and presentation are as important at home as they are in school. You can complete your work in a book. in your homework book (if you have it at home) or if you need lined or squared paper you can get it here.

Note for parents:
* Hopefully your children will enjoy working through these activities and can do them independently.
* We completely understand it may be difficult to complete all these tasks due to other family commitments or you are working from home, so please do not worry; complete what you can with your child.
* The work we have set should take about 2 hours maximum spread throughout the day.  
* Please note the ongoing activities are optional and could be completed once a week or more depending on time. 

Ongoing Activities

You may choose to complete these daily, weekly or a couple of times a week. 

You can find lots of learning resources that we have collated on the Educating Home Page.  Click here to be redirected.

Maths

This week, we are continuing our work on Fractions using the White Rose Maths Lessons. This will involve watching the video clip and completing the worksheet. There is an answer sheet to check your work. You may want to download the fraction wall to help with today’s work.
Please complete Week 2 Lesson 1 – Fractions on a numberline – This lesson builds on your knowledge of Fractions. You will place quarters, eighths, fifths, thirds, sixths and tenths on a numberline.
You can find the video and resources for today’s lesson here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Make sure you click on week 2 – Lesson 1 – Fractions on a numberline. Watch the clip and follow the instructions.

 

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Resources you will need: 
Please remember if you don’t have a printer you can copy into your maths book or onto paper. Try and complete as best as you can. 

When you have finished use the answer sheet to mark your work. 

Things to remember
– Remember the denominator (the bottom number) tells you how many equal parts you divide the whole into.
– Any fraction is bigger than the whole (1) if the numerator (the top number) is greater than the denominator (the bottom number) e.g. 11/10
– Fractions are less than one whole if the denominator (the bottom number) is larger than the numerator (the top number) e.g. 2/10
– Unit fractions have a 1 as the numerator.
– Fractions with the same number as the denominator and numerator are the same as or equal to one whole.
– Use the numberlines from question 1 to help with question 2

Want an extra Maths Challenge?

For children who are completing their Maths with ease, and who would like further challenge, Miss Goddard is starting a ‘Daily Maths Challenge’ page on the school website where she will upload a new set of challenges everyday. If you complete today’s work and would like to access it, please click here.

English/ Bookclub 

So we are starting a new book today called the Varmints. We will look at this book throughout the week and link to our English and Bookclub work. Use the power point to work through and complete the task at the end. Don’t forget to send us a picture of your finished work to year3@stmarksce.org.uk.

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Resources you will need: 

  • A book or paper 
  • Some colouring pens or pencils 
  • Powerpoint 

Science

For our science today we are going to look at the parts of a plant. Work through the Power Point reminding yourself about the parts of a plant. You can then choose which activity you would like to complete. 

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Resources you will need:
If you can’t print then you can make your own. 

Other optional links to look at including teachers videos….. 

Watch this video to help with science: 

BBC – Parts of a Plant 
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Just Dance link:

Story time with Mrs Brackenridge:

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Have a super evening!

Year 2 – Monday 20th April

Good Morning Year 2 

We hope you are all really well and have enjoyed a restful Easter holiday. What was your favourite part of the holiday? Maybe it was spending time with your family, enjoying the sunshine, or eating some chocolate. We hope you are rested and ready for another day of learning. Today we are going to be starting an exciting new topic, and we think you will enjoy this one! Read on through the post to find out what it is! 

Remember to take regular breaks, get some exercise, and wash your hands carefully.

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Firstly, Thank you. We know that completing school work at home can be challenging for both children and parents and we appreciate all of the effort you have all made with this so far. You have all been amazing and the majority of responses we have received has been overwhelmingly positive. We’ve loved seeing all of your work too! Whilst we think it is important to keep some elements of school work ticking over, to keep some form of routine for you at home, and to keep skills continuing and developing for our children, we recognise that everyone’s circumstances are different and that life at the moment is extremely challenging. With this in mind, please complete as much as you can, but remember there are no expectations, so do not put yourselves under any unnecessary pressure- you can approach this work as flexibly as you like and adapt what you do as much as you need. Your’s and your children’s well being is far more important to us. To help make the expectation more manageable for all, we are now putting two main learning activities on each day with a smaller third craft or similar short activity. We anticipate this taking an hour to an hour and a half each day. This can be completed in smaller sessions across the day as needed. We hope this is helpful but please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns. 

Pirate Treasure!

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At the bottom of this section, hidden as a video, you will need to use our usual password to unlock the first of our pirate clues and our secret pirate code. Pesky Pirates have hidden parts of the treasure map in each of the teacher’s houses. You will need to use the secret pirate code to unscramble the message about where each part of the map is and then can send us your answers. Then Year 2 teachers will check in their houses to try and find the parts of the map. We will have to use our teamwork for this and hopefully by the end of our unit we will be able to put the map together and find the treasure! Good Luck Me Hearties!

We would also love to hear from you all and see your lovely work. You can contact us on: year2@stmarksce.org.uk. Feel free to contact us if you need the password too! Have a lovely day.

Many thanks,

Year 2 Team 

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Helpful Reminders

EmailPresentation Too much to do?

Don’t forget you can email us on year2@stmarksce.org.uk. We would love to hear from you if you have a question, need a password, need some help, want to show us your work or even just say hello! Please get your grown up’s permission before you email us. We look forward to hearing from you. We may not reply the same day!

Presentation – Please remember to do your very best work. Handwriting and presentation are as important at home as they are in school. You can complete your work in a book or if you need lined or squared paper you can get it here.

Note for parents: Hopefully your children will enjoy working through these activities and can do independently. We completely understand it may be difficult to complete all these tasks due to other family commitments or you are working from home, so please do not worry; complete what you can with your child. 

Additional Ongoing Daily Activities – (to be completed instead of or as well as other tasks as needed)

Here are some additional activities for you to have a go at each day if you choose to. Please feel free to do as much or as little of these as you wish. We have added a handwriting booklet that you could work through very gradually, not in one go. You can either print the booklet, or do this onto paper of your own at home. We look forward to seeing how amazing your handwriting will be when we see your work. The Common Exception Words should also be learnt gradually, by selecting 2 or 3 words a week that you should aim to learn along side your weekly spellings.

  • 20 minutes of reading either a school book or a home book.
  • Practice your 2,5 and 10 times tables using TTRockstars, or a different method.
  • Practice your weekly spellings which will be provided below, and the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

Common Exception Words

The-Entire-Alphabet

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English

In English, over the next few weeks, we will be basing our learning around Pirates, and learning about different techniques that we can use to add description to engage the reader. Over this week, on each day,  we will be thinking about how we can use: 1) different sentence types, 2) expanded noun phrases and 3) simile; to describe characters. Towards the end of the week, on Thursday, we will show off all of these skills to write our own character descriptions of a pirate. On Friday, we will have our weekly grammar hammer activity. Next week, we will develop our skills as adventure story writers so that we can write our own pirate adventure story. In your spare time, you may like to read any pirate story books you have and watch any pirate films such as Disney’s Peter Pan to begin to develop your ideas. 

For today, we are going to begin by using the super story ‘The Night Pirates’ by Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright. 

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We are going to write a blurb for the book using the four different sentence types: statements, questions, exclamations and commands. Blurbs are usually put on the back cover of books, to give a brief summary of the story, and to tempt you to buy and read the book. You may want to look at the back cover of books you have at home to help develop your ideas. Blurbs are usually quite short and can be achieved in 3 or 4 well chosen sentences. 

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The blurb that you write could be written by hand or typed and you may like to draw a picture with it and/or use bubble writing. 

These are resources that you may find helpful: 

The Night Pirates story

Examples of blurbs

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Maths

Today in Maths, we are going to be continuing our work on fractions using the White Rose Maths resources. Today’s lesson with explore finding three quarters of an amount.

As suggested previously, the use of concrete resources to model this concept will really help your child to get to grips with quite a challenging concept. You could do this by collecting some toys or sweets (or anything else you may have in your home), before splitting the whole amount into 4 equal groups. Perhaps you could put an extra toy in one group to make the groups unequal and ask your child to spot your mistake. You can then count how many toys are in 3 of the 4 groups to find three quarters.

As with the other Maths lessons shared, there is a video to help explore this concept, as well as an activity sheet to complete. You can then check your answers using the answer sheet provided. Please click on the first link below to access the White Rose page, before completing ‘Lesson 1’ in ‘Summer Term – Week 1’. Please email us if you have any questions regarding this. Good luck!

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Year 2 – Summer Lesson 1 – Finding three quarters

Year 2 – Summer Lesson 1 – Answer Sheet

Topic

Today’s additional activity is to have a go at making your very own parrot! A pirate’s favourite companion is a parrot, so perhaps you can follow the guide attached to help you make a parrot out of paper. Remember to ask an adult to help you with the cutting. 

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parrot picture

As a bed time story tonight, why not have another listen to this super story about pirates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdWxBn-xvrQ

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Video Resources

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Bye for now!

Year 1 – Monday 20th April

Good Morning Year 1

Dear parents and children,

Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely Easter break.Our new project for Summer 1 is ‘Flower Power’ and we will be learning all about flowers and what some of them are called. We will be finding out the different parts of a plant and hunting for different plants in our gardens and on our walks.

Please check your emails today for information about a class zoom meeting this week. Remember to check your spam/junk folder just in case.

We have a fantastic treat for you today. Miss Jamieson would like to read the story ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ to you. You can find it in the video resources section at the bottom of this post. In case you missed them, you can watch any stories read by us again at the bottom of this post. The password is the same as previously.

Thank you for your continued support as we move into the summer term.

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Helpful Reminders

We are still checking our emails regularly and have loved seeing what you are doing. Feel free to email us if you have a question or just want to say hello at: year1@stmarksce.org.uk

You can access our general resources to support your child at home here: Y1 General Resources

Please do not feel like you have to complete all of the activities provided in one day. We have given a variety so that there are options for you to choose what works best for you at home. The ‘Daily Time Fillers’ section includes some additional activities you could have a go at if you get time but we would not expect you to do more than one of these activities a day.

Read Write Inc are kindly doing live daily phonics sessions. They are at certain times depending on which sounds you would like to practise. We suggest either Set 2 or Set 3 sounds. Find the link here: RWI Phonics

Remember, you can still find books to read that are assigned by your class teacher on the scholastic website. Please email us if you have any questions about this.

 

English

Today we are focusing on our spelling words for the week. The words we are looking at this week are:

said

like

were

going

come

they
  • Use these slides for ideas on how to practise spelling these words at home: Spelling Slides
  • Here are the activities outlined in the spelling slides if you would like to complete them: Spelling Jobs

 

Maths

Today we are going to have a go at measuring capacity! This is a practical lesson, which means that you get to have a go and explore! You will need to collect some containers from your house. You could use: water bottles, cups, mugs, bowls, spoons, lunch tubs, buckets, jars, saucepans, containers or anything else you can think of. You could do this outside with the hose or in the kitchen/bathroom sink. 

Before you start, which container do you think has the greatest capacity? You could have a go at saying the sentences: ‘The ___ has the greatest capacity.’ ‘The ___ has the smallest capacity.’ 

With your grown-up’s help, have a go at measuring the capacity of different containers. How many mugs does it take to fill a saucepan? How many cups does it take to fill a jug?

Fill the smaller container with water and pour it into the bigger container. Each time you fill the smaller container with water, make sure that it is filled to the top (this makes it fair). What can you spot? Have an explore. You could use the stem sentences to explain what you know. ‘___ cups fills the ___.’ ‘The capacity is ___ cups.’

When you’re finished, you may wish to have a go at these questions: Maths – Monday 20th April

If you would like even more of a challenge, we have prepared some extra challenges for you here: Mon 20th April – Extra Challenges

 

Topic

Art: Today we are using sketching skills to sketch a picture of a flower. Use these slides to help you: Flower Sketching

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Daily Time Fillers

As well as the learning tasks we upload each day, there are a few ‘extras’ that you could have a go at, if you get time.

  • Read a book. This can be their school reading book, an e-book or a book from home. 
  • Alternatively, you make like to read an ebook from Oxford Owl or Collins Big Cat.
  • Have stories read to them.
  • Read or spell some key words.
  • Read Write Inc speed sound videos (linked in helpful reminders)
  • Practise naming the letters of the alphabet and sing the alphabet song (capital and lower case).
  • Use phonicsplay or phonicsbloom. Phonicsplay has a new website! You’ll need to login with the username: march20 and password: home during this time. We have updated the link here: PhonicsPlay /Phonics Bloom link
  • Practise counting from 0-100 (forwards and backwards) or in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
  • One more and one less than a number (pick from 0-50)
  • Numbots (login is in the back of the reading log)
  • Sing a number bonds song or use Hit the Button (number bonds to 10 or 20): Hit the Button link
  • Spelling: Find our previous post with all 300 key words here: Key Words

 

Video Resources

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Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Miss Jamieson

The Gruffalo by Miss Jamieson

How to Grow a Dinosaur by Mrs Carter

Giraffes Can’t Dance by Miss Hall

Barry the Fish with Fingers by Mrs Carter

The Lion Inside by Miss Hall

Tiddler by Miss Jamieson

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Miss Hall

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Year R – Monday 20th April

Good Morning Parrots, Puffins and Penguins!

Hello everyone! We hope that you all had a fantastic Easter and enjoyed eating your Easter eggs! We’ve had a some glorious weather over the holiday and we hope you’ve been out enjoying it as much as possible; going on walks with your family or just playing in the garden.

Summer Topic – What an adventure!

Our topic across the whole of the Summer Term is “What an Adventure!” and we will be travelling to different environments in the world; the jungle, Africa, under the sea and even space! We will be finding out about the environment, the people and animals that live there and reading stories set in these places. We will also be thinking about different ways of travelling to these different destinations.
This week we are going to kick off our topic by setting off on our journey in a hot air balloon, imagining where we might go on adventure, who we might meet and what they will do there!

Just to let you know, we have moved some of the resources from the Ongoing Activities section.  There were so many and the list was getting a bit long and overwhelming!  These can all still be found in the Educating Home page and there is a link to that page in the Ongoing Activities section. 

For today’s story time, Mrs Hearn has recorded the story of Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr.  This isn’t meant to link to today’s learning but we didn’t think you’d mind!  It’s down in the Video Resources section.  Enjoy!

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Helpful Reminders

EmailHow much to help? Too much to do?

Don’t forget you can email us on yearr@stmarksce.org.uk. We would love to hear from you if you have a question, need a password or need some help.

You can continue to use Tapestry to share your child’s work. Please only upload one post a day. You can either choose one activity or put all the activities you complete on one post.

We look forward to hearing from you. We may not reply the same day!

Independence

The children in Year R are very rarely asked to work independently, particularly when writing. It is expected that they will need adult support to get started on all of the tasks we set for them here, and continue to need it throughout their activity. 

However, we want to continue to build their independence, so encourage them to use resources which can help them be independent like sound cards, letter formation cards for handwriting etc. 

 

Note for parents: Hopefully your children will enjoy working through these activities with you. We completely understand it may be difficult to complete all these tasks due to other family commitments or you are working from home, so please do not worry; complete what you can with your child.

There is absolutely no expectation that you get all, if any of these activities completed each day. 

Ongoing Activities

You can find lots of learning resources that we have collated on the Educating Home Page.  Click here to be redirected.

    • Reading
    • Handwriting – for a Curly Caterpillar video please click here
    • Keywords
    • Phonics
    • Number and shape, space and measure activities – try Numberblocks games and Maths Factor (see Educating Home Page using the link above)
    • Dough Disco – click here for a simple playdough recipe if you need it

Up, Up and Away! 

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This week we are going to begin a very exciting adventure! We are going on a journey. Have you ever seen the film Up? In it, a man goes off on an adventure and he travels in his house! He attaches hundreds of floating balloons to his house until it drifts up and away! It’s a bit like a hot air balloon.

Enter your password to watch a clip of it here:

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I wonder what the Earth would look like from the sky. Use Google Earth or Google Maps to first find your house and then zoom out as if you were flying up and away from your home! Click below to try Google Earth.

Click above to open Google Earth 

What can you see? Stick to Basingstoke and your local area for now. Look carefully and see if you can find some of these landmarks and places:

  • your garden
  • a park that you have played in
  • a pathway or road that you travel to school on
  • our school
  • a supermarket you have been to
  • Basingstoke golf club – what are all the circle shapes?
  • the motorway
  • some water – Black Dam ponds/boating lake at Eastrop Park
  • a church
  • a block of flats
  • a farm
  • an office block in the town centre
  • Basingstoke town centre and Festival Place

Maths – 

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Today we are going to meet our new Numberblock!  Do you know which number it is?  That’s right – Numberblock 11.  

Watch our new episode here:  Click to view. *NEW LINK WHICH WORKS *

Can you make a set of eleven objects?  

Now can you put them into a 20 frame? You can use a template like this –  click to download or use the online frame and select the 20 Frame (pictured below).

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What can you see?  “10 and 1 more makes 11”

Can you make 11 using other resources or toys, each time practising the same phrase? “10 and 1 more makes…”

How many different ways can you arrange 11?

What interesting shapes can you make? Here are a few we tried.

Year R – Maths 20.4.20

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Hot Air Balloons

Ask your grown up to read this reading book to you.  Can you read the red words for them?  Can you spot some labels?  Work together to answer the “Questions to talk about” which are listed at the end.

Click on the image below to open the link in the Oxford Owl website.  Remember, to access the Oxford Owl E-Books you will need to have set up a parents account, but this is free to do.  Click here to create an account before you begin reading today’s book.


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How could you make a hot air balloon?  It could be a drawing, a junk model, or even a working hot air balloon or parachute. (It’s probably wise to use a hairdryer to heat the air rather than a flame!)

 

Here are some ideas we found online but you might have some different and more creative ideas!

Video Resources

Here is a story for you to enjoy.

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Here is a song all about Hot Air Balloons.

And finally, here is a Cosmic Yoga Disco dance called Hot Air Balloonin’!  

Have fun and see you tomorrow!

Photos of our school

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